ArcGIS 10.1 python add-in usage of arcpy.GetParameterAsText

[KarstenRank]

Hello to everyone,

is it possible to use arcpy.GetParameterAsText() for User Input e.g. for a table or a name of a featureclass?

 def onClick(self):         # Script arguments         import_file = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)          tab_gdb = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)          tab_mxd = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(2)          # Local variables:         Ausgabetabelle = import_file         Geodatenbank = env.workspace          # Process: Tabelle in Tabelle         arcpy.TableToTable_conversion(import_file, Geodatenbank, tab_gdb, "", "", "")          # Process: Tabellensicht erstellen         arcpy.MakeTableView_management(Ausgabetabelle, tab_mxd, "", "", "")         pass

This is my code I already wrote. But it doesn't open an window for value input.

Thanks alot,

krank42

[TimothyHales]

You will need to use the pythonaddins module with the OpenDialog or SaveDialog.  You can then pass that input to your tool.  Check out this blog which will give you an example:

Getting Results from Your Python Add-in Buttons

[KarstenRank]

For open files this works fine. But is it possible to ask for a parameter in a dialog box?

[JimCousins]

how about
import_file = raw_input("Enter file for input:  ")

[JonPedder · Accepted solution]

Setup a python script in a toolbox, then call the script using

pythonaddins.GPToolDialog(toolboxname, scriptname) 

[KarstenRank]

I tried the raw_input but it doesn't work.

Writing a python script in a toolbox would be the easiest way, but I don't know the place of the toolbox. The addin is for my organization and there is no standard place for the toolboxes.